Siphiwe Makgoka was born in Garankua (Pretoria) and grew up in Limpopo. During his time in high school he worked as as a freelance cartoonist for Seipone, a local newspaper, with one of the cartoons appearing in the 2007 Sepedi matric final question paper.

Siphiwe went on to pursue Fine Arts at the Tshwane university of Technology, graduating with his degree in 2012.

He has participated in several art exhibitions and art competitions since. He has showcased some of his pieces at the Pretoria Art Museum, Turbine Art Fair and other prominent exhibiting spaces.

Siphiwe’s works have been selected top 100 for art competitions such as PPC Young concrete Sculptors Awards, Sasol New Signatures and Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards.